Posts tagged ‘politics’

The Living Room Candidate – Political Ad Archive

During an election cycle, political ads are often seen as an annoyance, but a few years or decades removed from the election they were meant to influence and they become engrossing studies in the power of the medium, especially when examined in the context of their role in the ultimate outcome of the election. Continue reading…

A Giant, a Fairey and Obama walk into a bar…

ACCORDING TO A POST ON WWW.DESIGNOBSERVER.COM, BARACK OBAMA DID NOT ORIGINALLY LIKE HIS LOGO—a sun rising over a field in the shape of an O, symbolizing hope and opportunity—because he thought it looked too polished and corporate. Not to worry, Obama, there is an underground Fairey spreading HOPE and keeping things real. The Giant… Continue reading…